Category: About Osmosis

  • Conociendo Osmosis: consejos y trucos para usar la plataforma

    Conociendo Osmosis: consejos y trucos para usar la plataforma

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    ¿Nuevo en Osmosis o quieres aprovechar mejor la plataforma? Aprende cómo crear planes de estudio efectivos, utilizar la repetición espaciada y organizar tus recursos para estudiar de forma más inteligente y eficiente.

  • How to Flip Your Classroom with Osmosis AI

    How to Flip Your Classroom with Osmosis AI

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    Flipped classrooms can transform medical education, but building lessons takes time. Learn how Osmosis AI helps educators create engaging, evidence-based learning experiences more efficiently.

  • What an Independent Study Found About Medical Learning Apps

    What an Independent Study Found About Medical Learning Apps

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    A study comparing major medical education apps ranked Osmosis highest for learning usefulness and usability, highlighting the importance of efficient, learner-centered design in healthcare education.

  • How to Go from Question to Clarity in Seconds with Osmosis AI 

    How to Go from Question to Clarity in Seconds with Osmosis AI 

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    Osmosis AI delivers clear, structured explanations from trusted Elsevier content, keeps you focused, and guides your next steps to build clinical judgment and exam readiness without compromising accuracy or critical thinking.

  • Meet Osmosis AI: Your New Study Partner

    Meet Osmosis AI: Your New Study Partner

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    Osmosis AI is a built-in, conversational study assistant that combines Osmosis’s visual learning with trusted Elsevier content. Explore its concise, evidence-based explanations, links to relevant videos, and real-time study aids like flashcards and quizzes, personalized to your learning stage and exam goals.

  • Ten Years of Learning by Osmosis: The All-In-One Learning Platform

    Ten Years of Learning by Osmosis: The All-In-One Learning Platform

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    For a decade, Osmosis has transformed healthcare education through engaging videos, innovative tools, and a learner-first approach, supporting millions worldwide. Help us celebrate this important milestone!

  • Getting to Know Osmosis: Tips & Tricks for Using the Platform

    Getting to Know Osmosis: Tips & Tricks for Using the Platform

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    Explore how Osmosis helps healthcare students study smarter with personalized schedules, engaging videos, effective study techniques, and peer support.

  • Unlocking the Secrets of Osmosis.org: An In-Depth Look

    Unlocking the Secrets of Osmosis.org: An In-Depth Look

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    Discover how Osmosis uses proven learning strategies, personalized study schedules, and engaging content to help you ace USMLE Step 1.

  • How to Use the New Osmosis Study Schedule Tool

    How to Use the New Osmosis Study Schedule Tool

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    Explore the fully redesigned Osmosis Study Schedule that adapts to your learning style and busy life, helping you stay organized and motivated throughout your healthcare training.

  • Celebrating Five Years of the Raise the Line Podcast: Illuminating Ways to Create a Better Healthcare System

    Celebrating Five Years of the Raise the Line Podcast: Illuminating Ways to Create a Better Healthcare System

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    Join us in celebrating five years of the Raise the Line podcast, featuring engaging conversations with healthcare leaders on improving health systems and education.

  • The Best Resolutions for Healthcare Students in 2025

    The Best Resolutions for Healthcare Students in 2025

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    Embrace the opportunity to thrive in your medical education with crucial resolutions tailored to healthcare students. From prioritizing self-care and enhancing clinical skills to fostering professional relationships and engaging in lifelong learning, these strategies will help you excel in your journey as a future healthcare professional.

  • Six Ways University Partners Are Integrating Osmosis Into Their Curricula

    Six Ways University Partners Are Integrating Osmosis Into Their Curricula

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    Explore six key methods to incorporate Osmosis resources into healthcare curricula—from self-directed learning and formative assessments to flipped classrooms and remediation support.

  • Celebrating Four Years of the Raise the Line Podcast!

    Celebrating Four Years of the Raise the Line Podcast!

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    We’re celebrating the fourth anniversary of the Raise the Line podcast and exploring some of the most captivating and thought-provoking health-related content online! Take some time to listen to each of our top ten most popular episodes; whether you’re an aspiring professional, a curious learner, or simply looking for some motivation, these…

  • Osmosis Product Updates: 2024

    Osmosis Product Updates: 2024

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    At Osmosis from Elsevier, we’re passionate about providing you with the most effective and engaging learning experience possible. Our team continually strives to improve our products and stay on top of the latest developments in health education. We invite you to revisit this blog regularly for updates throughout 2024. Now,…

  • A Helpful List of Nursing Education Conferences

    A Helpful List of Nursing Education Conferences

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    Looking to choose the right nursing conferences this year? Discover top nursing events designed for students, educators, and leaders to expand skills, explore new teaching strategies, and build meaningful professional connections across the nursing field.

  • A Helpful List of Major Medical Education Conferences

    A Helpful List of Major Medical Education Conferences

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    Ready to advance your career in healthcare? Our updated guide to medical conferences is here to help you connect with peers, explore innovative advancements, and share your research. Whether you’re a student, faculty member, or administrator, these events provide invaluable networking and professional development opportunities tailored to your goals. Notable…

  • The Year in Review: Top Moments of 2023 at Osmosis from Elsevier

    The Year in Review: Top Moments of 2023 at Osmosis from Elsevier

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    This year’s been a transformative one for our team, marked by an unprecedented amount of collaboration, innovation, and growth. With Elsevier leading the way, our work has propelled us to new heights as we continue our mission to empower clinicians and caregivers worldwide. Together, we’ve reached several important milestones and…

  • The Road to Three Million: Unleashing the Power of Osmosis from Elsevier

    The Road to Three Million: Unleashing the Power of Osmosis from Elsevier

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    We’re happy to announce that Osmosis from Elsevier’s YouTube channel has reached 3 million subscribers! This isn’t just a milestone for us; it’s proof positive that our thriving community of learners is continuing to grow and that we’re a step closer to reaching our ambitious goal of educating one billion people by…

  • Year in Review: 2022 at Osmosis

    Year in Review: 2022 at Osmosis

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    A year of significant change for Osmosis, 2022 has brought a variety of new faces, challenges, and opportunities, and we couldn’t ask for a better partner than Elsevier to join us on this incredible journey. Throughout it all, the spirit of collaboration and kindness has paved the way to advance the Osmosis mission to…

  • How to Incorporate Osmosis Tools Into Your In-person Classes

    How to Incorporate Osmosis Tools Into Your In-person Classes

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    Discover effective strategies to incorporate Osmosis videos, quizzes, and analytics into your classroom. Enhance student participation, facilitate discussions, and monitor progress easily.

  • Learn How to Think Clinically with the New Osmosis Clinical Sciences Library

    Learn How to Think Clinically with the New Osmosis Clinical Sciences Library

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    We’re excited to announce the first set of videos for our new Clinical Sciences library is live on Osmosis! Keep reading to learn why we’re so excited about this series and how you can incorporate it into your studies. What’s the new Osmosis Clinical Sciences library? The Osmosis Clinical Sciences library helps…

  • Question Quality Initiative: Review, revision, and update of the Osmosis question bank

    Question Quality Initiative: Review, revision, and update of the Osmosis question bank

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    Our learners are our priority. So when it comes to making sure that the content on Osmosis is timely, relevant, and accurate, we don’t mess around! Check out the news about our freshly updated questions, quiz builder, and video realignment. It’s been a very productive year at Osmosis, and we’re…

  • 4 Effective Ways to Use Videos in Education

    4 Effective Ways to Use Videos in Education

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    Educators use multiple strategies to engage students in their coursework, including lectures, presentations, class discussions, projects, and videos. Videos are an effective and convenient medium, offering instructors the means to engage their students before, during, and even after class. Videos make learning more accessible to students, including neurodiverse learners, by…

  • How Osmosis Is “Raising the Line” With Its Podcast Series

    How Osmosis Is “Raising the Line” With Its Podcast Series

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    In March 2020 it became frighteningly clear that COVID-19 was going to have an unprecedented impact on our healthcare system, educational institutions, government, and society. Eager to help, the Osmosis team worked tirelessly to create educational videos that have been seen millions of times, a continuing-education course taken by over 100,000 people, and even this…

  • How to Learn and Thrive with Osmosis

    How to Learn and Thrive with Osmosis

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    Learning is a word that is often used in routine discussions in a teaching environment. But learning comes with many definitions. As Osmosis comes with a mission to empower the world’s clinicians and caregivers with the best learning experience possible, we define learning as the knowledge that will transform you…

  • Experiencing Our Patients’ Humanity

    Experiencing Our Patients’ Humanity

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    Varun introduces his experience with the Northeast Ohio Medical University-Cleveland State University Partnership for Urban Health, which hopes to address complex systemic issues through multidisciplinary medical education. The Partnership for Urban Health was founded in 2010 in an effort to address health disparities within the city of Cleveland. Reported disparities include those…

  • How Can Medical Students and Health Professionals Help People in Ukraine

    How Can Medical Students and Health Professionals Help People in Ukraine

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    The Osmosis team is deeply concerned about the situation in Ukraine and that is why Elsevier is offering free Osmosis access to those affected. We are also listing other organizations helping in this uneasy situation. News, videos, and images coming from Ukraine are heartbreaking, and we stand in support of…

  • Product Update: Quiz Builder for USMLE, COMLEX, and PANCE

    Product Update: Quiz Builder for USMLE, COMLEX, and PANCE

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    No two students learn in the same way. The problem is, a lot of the time, you’re expected to! At Osmosis, our mission is to help you get the best learning experience possible so you can focus, retain, and thrive. That’s why we’re launching a completely reimagined version of our…